International: Ambassador to the World

In the Assembly, U.S. Chief Delegate Warren Austin rose to answer
Molotov. He mounted the rostrum with slow but agile dignity, and
lowered his white-topped, ruddy-cheeked head in a courtly bow to the
chairman. Then he began to speak slowly, deliberately, with
imperturbable poise. He quickly made three things clear: 1) the U.S.
would support Russia's disarmament proposal, provided that disarmament
was internationally inspected; 2) the U.S. would support Russia's stand
against abolishing the veto (though limiting its use was desirable); 3)
the U.S. had no objections to revealing the size of its...